Portraits
Avery Pelosi, member of Project 31 dance company and Dance Theatre Group, dances in Boston University Fitness & Recreation Center's Dance Theater on Monday morning on Feb. 7, 2022.
Boston University student and member of Fashion & Retail, Sophie Bush, poses along Commonwealth Avenue on Feb. 18, 2022.
Lourdjinia Louis, valedictorian of Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, poses for a portrait outside Bunker Hill Community College on June 28, 2023 where she is taking summer classes. She came to the US from Haiti in 2017, speaking no English. She is not only the first in her family to go to college, but she is the first to graduate from high school.
A refugee from West Africa works in a community garden with the organization Popoli Insieme or “People Together” in Padova, Italy on June 17, 2024. Popoli Insieme helps refugees and asylum seekers in Padova with housing, language, obtaining documentation, and connecting with people and places in the city.
Chels Errante performs lollipop light-up acrobatics during the Ignite Festival hosted by Somerville Arts Council and Nibble Kitchen in Union Square on Sept. 28, 2024. Hundreds of people came to the event which featured global street food, live performances, giant puppets, and light-up art installations.
Emily Hwang holds her daughter Mila, 2, at the Russell Field Playground in Cambridge on March 13, 2025. Emily Hwang, having gotten Mila the second MMR vaccine two years early, is among the growing number of parents asking pediatricians to get their children vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella earlier than recommended by the CDC schedule.
Connie Zuber Baugh, “Oma” to her grandchildren, looks through a special anniversary yearbook after having her family over to her home in Amana, Iowa, for Sunday brunch following a German church service on Nov. 26, 2023. The yearbook contains most of her children’s graduating high school classes.
Morgan Swanson, Boston University class of 2023, hugs her knees to her chest in a silly moment during her graduation photoshoot with her roommate and friend on May 7, 2023.
Taylor Colbert sits on a cooler as she jokes around with fellow cadets on a break from their paintball challenge during Army ROTC’s FTX training at Joint Base Cape Cod on Sept. 25, 2023. “That’s what the Army is... it’s relationships. That’s what keeps your team alive,” she said.
Diana Lopez (left) and her husband Cristian Sosa sit with their dog Camila, 11, at the Harry Downes Field park on Feb. 4, 2025. Camila suffered a neurological injury affecting how she walks after being taken to the groomer.
Lucky Coster, bouncer at Faro Café, sits outside the door of the cafe and club waiting for the evening crowd to show up on Oct. 18, 2024.
Laina Pevide poses for a portrait at her friend’s apartment gallery for the East Manning Projects opening night of the group exhibition “Who Goes There?” on Oct. 30, 2024. The 26-year-old found herself stuck in an unhealthy relationship with social media after graduating from university in the height of the pandemic and attended the exhibition opening to further her efforts of building connections off-screen.
Parama Chattopadhyay, executive director of the Out of the Blue art gallery for the past 10 years, poses with her violin in front of a portrait of herself at the Arts for the Armory building on Jan. 30, 2025. Chattopadhyay said she is exhausted from fighting for her gallery, the tenants, and herself to stay in the building when she feels she is being pushed out. Art pictured is “Parma Chai Gallery” by Rachel Coppelman.
Alexa Quintero, a senior at Boston University with a genetic connective tissue disorder, looks at her stomach port in the reflection of a window at the BU Center for Computing and Data Sciences (CDS) on Feb. 17, 2024. Quintero is in remission from MALS following a surgery this winter, but continues to struggle with SMAS and intestinal dysmotility.